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Waterloo

ABBA · 1974

Waterloo by ABBA (1974) — selected for the English-through-music catalog. Use the sing-along prompts and exercises to drill pronunciation, vocabulary, and listening comprehension.

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Lyrics + translation · letras.mus.br

🎤 Sing along

Sing with the chorus

  • Finally facing my Waterloo
  • My, my
  • I tried to hold you back, but you were stronger
  • Oh, yeah

Echo the hook

  • My, my
  • At Waterloo, Napoleon did surrender
  • Oh, yeah
  • And I have met my destiny in quite a similar way
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

AtNapoleon did surrender

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Thebook on the shelf

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Isrepeating itself

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Promise to love youmore

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Couldn'tif I wanted to

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Finallymy Waterloo

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I was defeated, you won the war

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Couldn't escape if I wanted to

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And how could I ever refuse

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Promise to love you for ever more

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

At Waterloo, Napoleon did surrender

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

At ? Napoleon did surrender

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Is ? repeating itself

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Promise to love you ? more

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Knowing my ? is to be with you

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

And how could I ? refuse

Exercise 17

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 18

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 19

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 20

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 21

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 22

How many times do you hear the word "waterloo" in the whole song?

"waterloo"

Exercise 23

How many times do you hear the word "knowing" in the whole song?

"knowing"

Exercise 24

And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:

  • I was defeated, you won the war
  • So how could I ever refuse
  • The history book on the shelf

Exercise 25

If you could ask ABBA one question about "Waterloo", what would it be and why?

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Exercise 26

Rewrite the chorus of "Waterloo" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).

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Exercise 27

If you had to summarize "Waterloo" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?

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Exercise 28

Describe the mood of "Waterloo" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

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Exercise 29

Imagine you are making a short film with "Waterloo" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?

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Exercise 30

Who in your life would you dedicate "Waterloo" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?

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